Alisha Williams
Joppa,MD
Summary
Experienced Senior Budget Analyst and Project Manager with over 17 years of experience in financial analysis, forecasting, and federal budget administration. Proven ability to oversee complex budgets up to $100 million while ensuring transparency, accuracy, and compliance with legislative regulations. Advanced understanding of financial management, team leadership, and contracting.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Budget Analyst
Center For Medicare And Medicaid Services
2007.02 - Current
- Reviewed monthly operations to assess compliance with budgets and determine necessary adjustments for future plans through cost-benefit reports in the Healthcare Integrated General Ledger Accounting System (HIGLAS).
- Created and updated expenditure reports in the Consolidated Budget System (CBS).
- Checked key performance indicator reports for accuracy and completeness.
- Monitored expenditures to mitigate risk of overages and reviewed legislative regulations such as Statutory Authorities to ensure adherence to federal budgetary policies.
- Generated annual budget forecasting information for agency leadership and stakeholders and corporate reports.
- Monitored and reported budgetary discrepancies and expenditures to senior management to maximize reporting efficiency and finalized spending plans.
- Prepared financial analysis for the Service and Supply Fund Workgroup (SSF) and Budget Development Groups (BDGs) in order to present data during team meetings.
- Provided technical assistance to agency components on the operating plan, United States President's Budget, and status of funds reports.
Contracting Officer Representative (COR) Level III
Centers For Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
2009.09 - Current
- Developed and integrated contract management templates, methods and processes in focus groups for the agency G-invoicing system.
- Coordinated with post-award staff to advise on contract compliance regarding execution, financial discrepancies, payment terms, deliverable timelines and security breaches.
- Advised technical staff, finance partners and stakeholders regarding contract terms and conditions, applicable agency policies and procedural implementation.
- Implemented risk mitigation strategies and drafted applicable contract terms and conditions, taking preventive action during negotiations and issue resolution for agency IAAs, contracts and grants.
- Lead OFM Inter/Intra-Agency Agreement (IAA) Super User. Oversee the formulation, execution, tracking and closeout of all OFM IAA CORs.
- Program Budget Officer (PBO) for Federal Administration and Reimbursable accounts and prepared reports for audits by the Office of General Counsel (OGC).
- Project Officer (PO) for a grant titled Drug Vial Size report. Coordinated the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) with agency components and monitored the grantees spend plan to ensure compliance with congressional mandated regulations.
- Organized agency SSF workgroups and monitored spending which resulted in $9M in reductions in the Federal Administration account.
Program/Project Manager (P/PM) Level I
Center For Medicare And Medicaid Services (CMS)
2021.01 - Current
- Collaborated with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to set priorities based on business needs, resource capacity and risk exposure.
- Coached team members on productivity strategies to accomplish challenging goals.
- Managed multiple strategic projects with numerous sub-projects or workstreams.
- Demonstrated strong writing and presentation skills to develop briefs, memorandums and analytical reports for clients.
- OFM SharePoint POC that leveraged multiple project resources to create deliverables through all project phases including requirements gathering, design, development, and implementation.
- Met with stakeholders to design the Budget Analysis Group SharePoint site, OFM Business Operations Staff (BOS) site, and several OFM group and division sites through the creation of project charters and agile methodologies.
- Coached team members on productivity strategies to accomplish challenging goals
Program Director
Greater Grace World Outreach
2018.05 - Current
- Supervised program staff for Special Needs Ministry, managing and evaluating performance to provide high-quality services to program participants with disabilities.
- Provided ongoing direction and leadership for program operations including managing large scale prom for people with disabilities in Baltimore city called Night to Shine.
- Developed and implemented program goals and objectives, establishing specific and measurable outcomes aligned with church's overall mission.
- Scheduled and supervised staff, parent and leadership meetings to discuss new ideas and update participants on program details and milestones.
- Leveraged awareness of people with disabilities in Baltimore and global communities through speaking engagements at conferences in 2019 - current. Interviewed on WMAR channel 2 news and WJZ channel 13 for organizing Baltimore City's first prom for people with disabilities in partnership with the Tim Tebow Foundation in 2020.
- Coordinated with the Kennedy Krieger Institute (KKI), The University of Maryland College Park, the Baltimore City Mayor's Office, the Baltimore City Police Department and other organizations to safely and successfully execute the Night to Shine Prom in 2020 before COVID-19 shut down the Baltimore area.
Education
Diploma Program - Organizational Leadership
Aspiring Leaders Program (ALP)
Center Of Medicare And Medicaid Services (CMS)10.2023
Bachelor of Science - Health Education
Morgan State University
Baltimore, MD05.1996
Skills
- Financial Management
- Project Manager Supervision
- Customer Feedback
- Program Reviews
- Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E)
- Requirements Writing and Documentation
- Public Speaking
Certification
Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical (NBC) Non-Commissioned Officer, Staff Sergeant (SSG), Maryland Army National Guard; March 2002 - March 2012.
Timeline
Program/Project Manager (P/PM) Level I
Center For Medicare And Medicaid Services (CMS)
2021.01 - Current
Program Director
Greater Grace World Outreach
2018.05 - Current
Contracting Officer Representative (COR) Level III
Centers For Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
2009.09 - Current
Senior Budget Analyst
Center For Medicare And Medicaid Services
2007.02 - Current
Diploma Program - Organizational Leadership
Aspiring Leaders Program (ALP)
Bachelor of Science - Health Education
Morgan State University
Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical (NBC) Non-Commissioned Officer, Staff Sergeant (SSG), Maryland Army National Guard; March 2002 - March 2012.
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